St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-29
THE COMMERCIAL RECORD.
The Opening Feature Was Free Real
izing by Longs In Wheat
and Pork.
Wheat Started in Higher on Firm
Cables, But Eased Off Later
in the Day.
transactions in the Financial Circles
of Wall Street.-The General
Quotations.
Special 70 the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2S.-The opening feature Of
the grain and provision market was free,
realizing by longs in wheat and pork. Wheat
started in higher on firm cables, but eased off
on the selling referred to. the moderate reac-
ton being helped along by an increase OF
500 900 blu in the quantity on passage. May
wheat sold off sec to s5ssc. May corn de
clining sympathetically from soc to 54ssc.
Provisions, like grain, opened at a small ad-
vance, with representatives OF big houses
pounding the market. They started little
selling bee which within an hour carried
May pork from S15.s7l2 to S15.72l2, May
lard from SS.27l2 to $500 and March RIBS
from SO to S7.95. Trade was on restricted
scale, however The wheat and corn
markets were raided, and big lots
nut Oh the market. 1t was all taken, how
ever, one well known scalper taking wheat
mounting up into the millions. The volume
of trade in corn was not extraordinary, but
in wheat it was quite large. May wheat broke
70 s5Lc and May corn to 54ssc. Shortly
after o'clock rumors of Emperor Williams
death circulated. Emperor William has
been killed regularly every business day for
q week. and the crowd took today's killing
-sEeptically but the markets hardened some
what, nevertheless, recovering Ac from the
point of greatest depression. The 1 o'clock
closings for wheat are only l2@$6c under
Yesterdays Corn shows no change.
THE QUOTATIONS.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat-No. 2 December opened at 1Sssc.
closing at 7SIsc; January, 7S7sc, closing at
S6Hc; February, 1850. closing at zoe;
May, $3.50, closing at $3.50. Corn-No.
December opened at 49Isc. closing at 1910;
January, 1880, closing at 49Ac; February,
1850 closing at 494sc; May, 547sc, closing
at 54I2c. Oats-No. 2 January opened at
Pork, per bbl-January opened at SIS. 22l2,
closing at S14.97; May, Sl5. S712, closing at
SIS. go: January. S7.S5. closing at S7.S2l2;
February, S797l2, closing ut 81 90: Lard,
per 100 lbs-March opened at IS Oel2,
IS. I7I2. Short Ribs, per 100 lbs-February
opened at $3.50, closing at $1.S5;
Mayen' $50. e eiosins at $50 $50
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
spring, 78g7slsc; No. 3 spring, 65@6sc;
No. red, Sic. COrn-No. 2. 49Ac. Oats
No. 3, 31@31l2c. Rye-No. 2, 62c. Bar
ley-No. 2, 72@9oc. Flax Seed.No; l,
81 .32I2. Prime timothy seed, S2.3712.39.
Mess pork, per Dbl, S14.90@15. Lard, per
100 lbs, $3.50. Short rib sides Qoose),
81 20. Dry sailed shoulders. boxed, S.. 80
G6 Short clear sides, boxed. SS.05@S.i0.
Mhisky-Distillers' finished goods, per gall
Ion, S1.10. Sugar-Cut loaf. IS4EeSAe; gran
Flour. $4,000 bbIs; wheat, 10000 bu;
corn, 275, 900 bu; oats, 1S5, 200 bu: rye,
10000 bu: barley, $4,000 bu. Shipments
Flour, $4,000 bbls; wheat. $1,000 bu;
corn, $4,000 bu: oats, 10000 bu; rye.
1000 bu; barley, 500 bu. On the pro
duce exchange to-day the butter market
was quiet; extra creamery 26@29c; fancy
dairy, 25@26c. Eggs 22eG24c.